I absolutely hate broccoli. I know, I know. But I do. I usually make soup out of it and add either potato until it's crazy creamy or I add cauliflower to mask the taste. Otherwise, I steam and puree it so I can add it to sauces and stews and still get a decent amount of it but I'm not about to just, eat a piece of broccoli. I hope one day I will, but I'm just not there. This recipe helped though! I can conceive of myself eating broccoli now!! (read)
It sounds typical to say I'm from Canada and I've never had sweet potato pie, but I think it's just all in who you know and my exposure to Southern Belles up to this point has been pretty limited. However, I spent Thanksgiving this year with a real life Southern Gal, and she put me in charge of the sweet potato pie - she even gave me her Granny's recipe. (read)
When I was a kid, scalloped potatoes was my hands down favorite side and maybe to keep the magic of it alive for me, my Daddy would only make it once in a while. I absolutely loved everything about it, like most kids I counted potatoes as my favorite vegetable and also like most kids, I had a real serious love of cheese. (read)
Traditionally, when making poutine, you'd use cheese curds but guess what? There is only one shop in all of Los Angeles that sells cheese curds aaaand it's not even really in LA, it's in Long Beach. Also? I only discovered there was a shop in Long Beach that sold cheese curds immediately after I got back to LA from Long Beach. Insert dramatic sigh. (read)
Everything is better with bacon. Right?! The addition of bacon to pretty much anything I can add bacon to has been mounting. Perogies, check. Breakfast pie, check. Cookies, check. I will post about all these bad boys eventually. The bacon wrapped tater tots are a personal favorite, and have won me over in the hearts of both strangers, neighbors and randos everywhere. This? Is the 'impress my family' version, and it totally works. (read).